July 16, 2004

Tentative Agenda

UNOLS Council Phone/Web Conference

Thursday & Friday, July 15 - 16, 2004

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT

The reports and material that will be addressed during the Council meeting can be downloaded as one doument at <reading_list.pdf> (1.2 Mb, 85 pages)

Dear Council Members,

In advance of the Council Meeting we ask that you review and become familiar with all material and documents that are listed below or linked to this agenda.  We will provide the pre-meeting material as downloadable pdf files and notify you of their availability.  Lengthy presentations and reports are not planned.  The agenda items that are provided as written reports would only need to be addressed during the phone conference if there were questions or comments. 

Thank you.

Session I – July 15, 2004

1230 – 1300:   Web log-on period. 

Please log onto the Council Web meeting prior to the 1300.  We wish to call the meeting to order at 1300.

1300    Call the Meeting:  Tim Cowles, UNOLS Chair, will call the meeting to order and provide an opportunity for introductions.

·         Accept the minutes of the March 2004 Council Meeting.

·         Review Conference Agenda

1315    Committee Reports

·         Brief written reports on current activities -Download all reports as pdf: <committee_rpt_july04.pdf>

·         Questions and comments

1330    Academic Fleet Renewal Activities and Plans:

·         Regional Class (Mike Prince & Wilf Gardner)

−       SMR Prioritization - The final report submitted to NSF can be downloaded from the Regional Class SMR web page at <Regional_SMR_Priorities.html>.

−       Acquisition Process, Selection of UNOLS rep, and RFP Status

·         Ocean Class (Dave Hebert)

−       Phase II Study (Project Summary <JJMA-OC_phaseII_15july.pdf> provided by Dan Rolland, JJMA) - All past JJMA presentations, Phase II meeting notes and discussions can be viewed on the UNOLS Ocean Class project website at <phase2_discusions.html>

·         UNOLS Meeting with Agency Reps (Tim Cowles)

·         Global Class SMR – SMR Tasking and Committee Status (DeSilva/Hebert) <Global_SMR.pdf>

·         Long-Range Fleet Plan – UNOLS Input (Hebert)

−       Revised Vessel Retirement Dates and SLEPs - Initial input from UNOLS ship operators will be reviewed <vessel_survey.pdf> and <Compiled_smrs.pdf>

−       Updated Utilization Projections with Observatory Facility Needs - Fleet utilization projections were updated to include observatory facility needs. This material was presetned by Peter Weibe at the April 2004 FOFC Meeting.

·         Ship Design and Construction Efforts (All written)

−       Status on ARRV Design and funding

−       Status of CAPE HENLOPEN Replacement effort

−       EWING Replacement Plans

• EWING Replacement Status Report (html)
• Replacement Vessel - Project Timeline (pdf)
• Charge to ERROC (html)